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2. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation

Author

Serge, MA, Mazier, F, Fyfe, R, Gaillard, MJ, Klein, T, Lagnoux, A, Galop, D, Githumbi, E, Mindrescu, M, Nielsen, AB, Trondman, AK, Poska, A, Sugita, S, Woodbridge, J, Abel-Schaad, D, Åkesson, C, Alenius, T, Ammann, B, Andersen, ST, Anderson, RS, Andrič, M, Balakauskas, L, Barnekow, L, Batalova, V, Bergman, J, Birks, HJB, Björkman, L, Bjune, AE, Borisova, O, Broothaerts, N, Carrion, J, Caseldine, C, Christiansen, J, Cui, Q, Currás, A, Czerwiński, S, David, R, Davies, AL, De Jong, R, Di Rita, F, Dietre, B, Dörfler, W, Doyen, E, Edwards, KJ, Ejarque, A, Endtmann, E, Etienne, D, Faure, E, Feeser, I, Feurdean, A, Fischer, E, Fletcher, W, Franco-Múgica, F, Fredh, ED, Froyd, C, Garcés-Pastor, S, García-Moreiras, I, Gauthier, E, Gil-Romera, G, González-Sampériz, P, Grant, MJ, Grindean, R, Haas, JN, Hannon, G, Heather, AJ, Heikkilä, M, Hjelle, K, Jahns, S, Jasiunas, N, Jiménez-Moreno, G, Jouffroy-Bapicot, I, Kabailienė, M, Kamerling, IM, Kangur, M, Karpińska-Kołaczek, M, Kasianova, A, Kołaczek, P, Lagerås, P, Latalowa, M, Lechterbeck, J, Leroyer, C, Leydet, M, Lindbladh, M, Lisitsyna, O, López-Sáez, JA, Lowe, J, Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R, Lukanina, E, Macijauskaitė, L, Magri, D, Marguerie, D, Marquer, L, Martinez-Cortizas, A, Mehl, I, Mesa-Fernández, JM, Mighall, T, Miola, A, Miras, Y, Morales-Molino, C, Mrotzek, A, Serge, MA [0000-0001-5506-9732], Mazier, F [0000-0003-2643-0925], Fyfe, R [0000-0002-5676-008X], Gaillard, MJ [0000-0002-2025-410X], Klein, T [0000-0002-1276-3078], Lagnoux, A [0000-0002-6841-5814], Galop, D [0000-0003-1746-4760], Githumbi, E [0000-0002-6470-8986], Mindrescu, M [0000-0003-2291-4877], Nielsen, AB [0000-0001-7854-353X], Trondman, AK [0000-0003-3865-8548], Poska, A [0000-0002-8778-1430], Sugita, S [0000-0002-3634-7095], Woodbridge, J [0000-0003-0756-3538], Abel-Schaad, D [0000-0003-3915-8342], Alenius, T [0000-0003-2965-5177], Ammann, B [0000-0001-6123-6357], Andrič, M [0000-0003-1211-7081], Balakauskas, L [0000-0002-8941-989X], Batalova, V [0000-0002-8375-2835], Bergman, J [0000-0002-6753-917X], Birks, HJB [0000-0002-5891-9859], Bjune, AE [0000-0002-4509-0148], Borisova, O [0000-0003-1728-7610], Broothaerts, N [0000-0002-8605-9657], Carrion, J [0000-0002-6949-4382], Christiansen, J [0000-0003-2693-9887], Cui, Q [0000-0001-9824-3315], Currás, A [0000-0002-1828-7455], Czerwiński, S [0000-0003-3422-040X], Di Rita, F [0000-0002-3065-8474], Dietre, B [0000-0002-9959-3613], Dörfler, W [0000-0001-6251-7185], Ejarque, A [0000-0001-9101-5299], Feeser, I [0000-0002-9618-5139], Feurdean, A [0000-0002-2497-3005], Fletcher, W [0000-0001-8918-0690], Franco-Múgica, F [0000-0002-9372-8863], Fredh, ED [0000-0003-1787-6976], Froyd, C [0000-0001-5291-9156], Garcés-Pastor, S [0000-0001-5652-7264], García-Moreiras, I [0000-0001-8713-0374], Gauthier, E [0000-0002-9238-8190], Gil-Romera, G [0000-0001-5726-2536], González-Sampériz, P [0000-0002-5097-1468], Grant, MJ [0000-0002-4766-6913], Grindean, R [0000-0002-0518-8490], Hannon, G [0000-0002-5536-7884], Heikkilä, M [0000-0003-3885-8670], Hjelle, K [0000-0001-5777-0362], Jiménez-Moreno, G [0000-0001-7185-8686], Jouffroy-Bapicot, I [0000-0001-5920-7565], Kamerling, IM [0000-0003-3321-8631], Karpińska-Kołaczek, M [0000-0002-3249-7408], Kołaczek, P [0000-0003-2552-8269], Lagerås, P [0000-0002-2804-8028], Latalowa, M [0000-0001-7594-5146], Lechterbeck, J [0000-0003-3582-2605], Leroyer, C [0000-0002-2370-7303], Leydet, M [0000-0003-1123-3427], Lindbladh, M [0000-0002-0577-0050], Lisitsyna, O [0000-0003-1415-7650], López-Sáez, JA [0000-0002-3122-2744], Lukanina, E [0000-0001-7573-797X], Macijauskaitė, L [0000-0002-0623-871X], Magri, D [0000-0001-7254-593X], Marguerie, D [0000-0001-8672-2570], Marquer, L [0000-0002-5772-3782], Martinez-Cortizas, A [0000-0003-0430-5760], Mesa-Fernández, JM [0000-0003-1778-8351], Mighall, T [0000-0002-8365-7694], Miola, A [0000-0002-3441-4880], Miras, Y [0000-0002-4055-4134], Morales-Molino, C [0000-0002-9464-862X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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15 Life on Land, 4104 Environmental Management, 3304 Urban and Regional Planning, 41 Environmental Sciences, 33 Built Environment and Design, 3301 Architecture
Abstract

Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially extensive and temporally continuous pollen-based reconstructions of plant cover in Europe (at a spatial resolution of 1° × 1°) over the Holocene (last 11.7 ka BP) using the ‘Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites’ (REVEALS) model. This study has three main aims. First, to present the most accurate and reliable generation of REVEALS reconstructions across Europe so far. This has been achieved by including a larger number of pollen records compared to former analyses, in particular from the Mediterranean area. Second, to discuss methodological issues in the quantification of past land cover by using alternative datasets of relative pollen productivities (RPPs), one of the key input parameters of REVEALS, to test model sensitivity. Finally, to validate our reconstructions with the global forest change dataset. The results suggest that the RPPs.st1 (31 taxa) dataset is best suited to producing regional vegetation cover estimates for Europe. These reconstructions offer a long-term perspective providing unique possibilities to explore spatial-temporal changes in past land cover and biodiversity.

Published
2023

3. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation

Author

Serge, M., primary, Mazier, F., additional, Fyfe, R., additional, Gaillard, M.-J., additional, Klein, T., additional, Lagnoux, A., additional, Galop, D., additional, Githumbi, E., additional, Mindrescu, M., additional, Nielsen, A., additional, Trondman, A.-K., additional, Poska, A., additional, Sugita, S., additional, Woodbridge, J., additional, Abel-Schaad, D., additional, Åkesson, C., additional, Alenius, T., additional, Ammann, B., additional, Andersen, S., additional, Anderson, R., additional, Andrič, M., additional, Balakauskas, L., additional, Barnekow, L., additional, Batalova, V., additional, Bergman, J., additional, Birks, H., additional, Björkman, L., additional, Bjune, A., additional, Borisova, O., additional, Broothaerts, N., additional, Carrion, J., additional, Caseldine, C., additional, Christiansen, J., additional, Cui, Q., additional, Currás, A., additional, Czerwiński, S., additional, David, R., additional, Davies, A., additional, De Jong, R., additional, Di Rita, F., additional, Dietre, B., additional, Dörfler, W., additional, Doyen, E., additional, Edwards, K., additional, Ejarque, A., additional, Endtmann, E., additional, Etienne, D., additional, Faure, E., additional, Feeser, I., additional, Feurdean, A., additional, Fischer, E., additional, Fletcher, W., additional, Franco-Múgica, F., additional, Fredh, E., additional, Froyd, C., additional, Garcés-Pastor, S., additional, García-Moreiras, I., additional, Gauthier, E., additional, Gil-Romera, G., additional, González-Sampériz, P., additional, Grant, M., additional, Grindean, R., additional, Haas, J., additional, Hannon, G., additional, Heather, A.-J., additional, Heikkilä, M., additional, Hjelle, K., additional, Jahns, S., additional, Jasiunas, N., additional, Jiménez-Moreno, G., additional, Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., additional, Kabailienė, M., additional, Kamerling, I., additional, Kangur, M., additional, Karpińska-Kołaczek, M., additional, Kasianova, A., additional, Kołaczek, P., additional, Lagerås, P., additional, Latalowa, M., additional, Lechterbeck, J., additional, Leroyer, C., additional, Leydet, M., additional, Lindbladh, M., additional, Lisitsyna, O., additional, López-Sáez, J.-A., additional, Lowe, John, additional, Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., additional, Lukanina, E., additional, Macijauskaitė, L., additional, Magri, D., additional, Marguerie, D., additional, Marquer, L., additional, Martinez-Cortizas, A., additional, Mehl, I., additional, Mesa-Fernández, J., additional, Mighall, T., additional, Miola, A., additional, Miras, Y., additional, Morales-Molino, C., additional, Mrotzek, A., additional, Sobrino, C., additional, Odgaard, B., additional, Ozola, I., additional, Pérez-Díaz, S., additional, Pérez-Obiol, R., additional, Poggi, C., additional, Rego, P., additional, Ramos-Román, M., additional, Rasmussen, P., additional, Reille, M., additional, Rösch, M., additional, Ruffaldi, P., additional, Goni, M., additional, Savukynienė, N., additional, Schröder, T., additional, Schult, M., additional, Segerström, U., additional, Seppä, H., additional, Vives, G., additional, Shumilovskikh, L., additional, Smettan, H., additional, Stancikaite, M., additional, Stevenson, A., additional, Stivrins, N., additional, Tantau, I., additional, Theuerkauf, M., additional, Tonkov, S., additional, van der Knaap, W., additional, van Leeuwen, J., additional, Vecmane, E., additional, Verstraeten, G., additional, Veski, S., additional, Voigt, R., additional, Von Stedingk, H., additional, Waller, M., additional, Wiethold, J., additional, Willis, K., additional, Wolters, S., additional, and Zernitskaya, V., additional

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2023
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4. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model : A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation

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Serge, M. A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, Marie-José, Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, Esther, Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A. B., Trondman, Anna-Kari, Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Abel-Schaad, D., Åkesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S. T., Scott Anderson, R., Andric, M., Balakauskas, L., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H. John B., Björkman, L., Bjune, A. E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Curras, A., Czerwinski, S., David, R., Davies, A. L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Doerfler, W., Doyen, E., Edwards, K. J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Franco-Mugica, F., Fredh, E. D., Froyd, C., Garces-Pastor, S., Garcia-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., Gonzalez-Samperiz, P., Grant, M. J., Grindean, R., Haas, J. N., Hannon, G., Heather, A. -J, Heikkilae, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Kabailiene, M., Kamerling, I. M., Kangur, M., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kolaczek, P., Lageras, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez-Saez, J. -A, Lowe, John, Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Lukanina, E., Macijauskaite, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Marquer, L., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernandez, J. M., Mighall, T., Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Sobrino, C. Munoz, Odgaard, B., Ozola, I., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R. P., Poggi, C., Rego, P. Ramil, Ramos-Roman, M. J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Roesch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M. Sanchez, Savukyniene, N., Schroeder, T., Schult, M., Segerström, U., Seppae, H., Vives, G. Servera, Shumilovskikh, L., Smettan, H. W., Stancikaite, M., Stevenson, A. C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W. O., van Leeuwen, J. F. N., Vecmane, E., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M. P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K. J., Wolters, S., Zernitskaya, V. P., Serge, M. A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, Marie-José, Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, Esther, Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A. B., Trondman, Anna-Kari, Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Abel-Schaad, D., Åkesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S. T., Scott Anderson, R., Andric, M., Balakauskas, L., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H. John B., Björkman, L., Bjune, A. E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Curras, A., Czerwinski, S., David, R., Davies, A. L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Doerfler, W., Doyen, E., Edwards, K. J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Franco-Mugica, F., Fredh, E. D., Froyd, C., Garces-Pastor, S., Garcia-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., Gonzalez-Samperiz, P., Grant, M. J., Grindean, R., Haas, J. N., Hannon, G., Heather, A. -J, Heikkilae, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Kabailiene, M., Kamerling, I. M., Kangur, M., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kolaczek, P., Lageras, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez-Saez, J. -A, Lowe, John, Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Lukanina, E., Macijauskaite, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Marquer, L., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernandez, J. M., Mighall, T., Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Sobrino, C. Munoz, Odgaard, B., Ozola, I., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R. P., Poggi, C., Rego, P. Ramil, Ramos-Roman, M. J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Roesch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M. Sanchez, Savukyniene, N., Schroeder, T., Schult, M., Segerström, U., Seppae, H., Vives, G. Servera, Shumilovskikh, L., Smettan, H. W., Stancikaite, M., Stevenson, A. C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W. O., van Leeuwen, J. F. N., Vecmane, E., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M. P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K. J., Wolters, S., and Zernitskaya, V. P.

Abstract

Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially extensive and temporally continuous pollen-based reconstructions of plant cover in Europe (at a spatial resolution of 1 degrees x 1 degrees) over the Holocene (last 11.7 ka BP) using the 'Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites' (REVEALS) model. This study has three main aims. First, to present the most accurate and reliable generation of REVEALS reconstructions across Europe so far. This has been achieved by including a larger number of pollen records compared to former analyses, in particular from the Mediterranean area. Second, to discuss methodological issues in the quantification of past land cover by using alternative datasets of relative pollen productivities (RPPs), one of the key input parameters of REVEALS, to test model sensitivity. Finally, to validate our reconstructions with the global forest change dataset. The results suggest that the RPPs.st1 (31 taxa) dataset is best suited to producing regional vegetation cover estimates for Europe. These reconstructions offer a long-term perspective providing unique possibilities to explore spatial-temporal changes in past land cover and biodiversity.

Published
2023
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5. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation

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European Commission, Serge, M. A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M. J., Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, E., Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A. B., Trondman, A. K., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H. John B., Björkman, L., Bjune, A. E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Grindean, R., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Currás, Andrés, Czerwiński, S., David, R., Davies, A. L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Dörfler, W., Haas, J. N., Doyen, E., Edwards, K. J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Hannon, G., Franco-Múgica, F., Fredh, E. D., Froyd, C., Garcés-Pastor, S., García-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, Graciela, González-Sampériz, Penélope, Grant, M. J., Heather, A. J., Heikkilä, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Sobrino, C. Muñoz, Kabailienė, M., Kamerling, I. M., Kangur, M., Karpińska-Kołaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kołaczek, P., Lagerås, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Odgaard, B., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., López Sáez, José Antonio, Lowe, John, Luelmo Lautenschlaeger, Reyes, Lukanina, E., Macijauskaitė, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Ozola, I., Marquer, L., Martínez Cortizas, Antonio, Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernández, J. M., Mighall, Tim, Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Pérez-Díaz, S., Pérez-Obiol, R. P., Poggi, C., Rego, P. Ramil, Ramos-Román, M. J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Poska, A., Rösch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M. Sánchez, Savukynienė, N., Schröder, T., Schult, M., Segerström, U., Seppä, H., Vives, G. Servera, Shumilovskikh, L., Sugita, S., Smettan, H. W., Stancikaite, M., Stevenson, A. C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W. O., van Leeuwen, J. F. N., Vecmane, E., Woodbridge, J., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M. P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K. J., Wolters, S., Zernitskaya, V. P., Abel-Schaad, D., Åkesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S. T., Anderson, R. Scott, Andrič, M., Balakauskas, L., European Commission, Serge, M. A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M. J., Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, E., Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A. B., Trondman, A. K., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H. John B., Björkman, L., Bjune, A. E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Grindean, R., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Currás, Andrés, Czerwiński, S., David, R., Davies, A. L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Dörfler, W., Haas, J. N., Doyen, E., Edwards, K. J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Hannon, G., Franco-Múgica, F., Fredh, E. D., Froyd, C., Garcés-Pastor, S., García-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, Graciela, González-Sampériz, Penélope, Grant, M. J., Heather, A. J., Heikkilä, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Sobrino, C. Muñoz, Kabailienė, M., Kamerling, I. M., Kangur, M., Karpińska-Kołaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kołaczek, P., Lagerås, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Odgaard, B., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., López Sáez, José Antonio, Lowe, John, Luelmo Lautenschlaeger, Reyes, Lukanina, E., Macijauskaitė, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Ozola, I., Marquer, L., Martínez Cortizas, Antonio, Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernández, J. M., Mighall, Tim, Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Pérez-Díaz, S., Pérez-Obiol, R. P., Poggi, C., Rego, P. Ramil, Ramos-Román, M. J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Poska, A., Rösch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M. Sánchez, Savukynienė, N., Schröder, T., Schult, M., Segerström, U., Seppä, H., Vives, G. Servera, Shumilovskikh, L., Sugita, S., Smettan, H. W., Stancikaite, M., Stevenson, A. C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W. O., van Leeuwen, J. F. N., Vecmane, E., Woodbridge, J., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M. P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K. J., Wolters, S., Zernitskaya, V. P., Abel-Schaad, D., Åkesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S. T., Anderson, R. Scott, Andrič, M., and Balakauskas, L.

Abstract

Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially extensive and temporally continuous pollen-based reconstructions of plant cover in Europe (at a spatial resolution of 1° × 1°) over the Holocene (last 11.7 ka BP) using the ‘Regional Estimates of VEgetation Abundance from Large Sites’ (REVEALS) model. This study has three main aims. First, to present the most accurate and reliable generation of REVEALS reconstructions across Europe so far. This has been achieved by including a larger number of pollen records compared to former analyses, in particular from the Mediterranean area. Second, to discuss methodological issues in the quantification of past land cover by using alternative datasets of relative pollen productivities (RPPs), one of the key input parameters of REVEALS, to test model sensitivity. Finally, to validate our reconstructions with the global forest change dataset. The results suggest that the RPPs.st1 (31 taxa) dataset is best suited to producing regional vegetation cover estimates for Europe. These reconstructions offer a long-term perspective providing unique possibilities to explore spatial-temporal changes in past land cover and biodiversity.

Published
2023

7. The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

Author

Davis, B, Chevalier, M, Sommer, P, Carter, V, Finsinger, W, Mauri, A, Phelps, L, Zanon, M, Abegglen, R, Akesson, C, Alba-Sanchez, F, Scott Anderson, R, Antipina, T, Atanassova, J, Beer, R, Belyanina, N, Blyakharchuk, T, Borisova, O, Bozilova, E, Bukreeva, G, Jane Bunting, M, Clo, E, Colombaroli, D, Combourieu-Nebout, N, Desprat, S, Di Rita, F, Djamali, M, Edwards, K, Fall, P, Feurdean, A, Fletcher, W, Florenzano, A, Furlanetto, G, Gaceur, E, Galimov, A, Galka, M, Garcia-Moreiras, I, Giesecke, T, Grindean, R, Guido, M, Gvozdeva, I, Herzschuh, U, Hjelle, K, Ivanov, S, Jahns, S, Jankovska, V, Jimenez-Moreno, G, Karpinska-Kolaczek, M, Kitaba, I, Kolaczek, P, Lapteva, E, Latalowa, M, Lebreton, V, Leroy, S, Leydet, M, Lopatina, D, Lopez-Saez, J, Lotter, A, Magri, D, Marinova, E, Matthias, I, Mavridou, A, Mercuri, A, Mesa-Fernandez, J, Mikishin, Y, Milecka, K, Montanari, C, Morales-Molino, C, Mrotzek, A, Sobrino, C, Naidina, O, Nakagawa, T, Nielsen, A, Novenko, E, Panajiotidis, S, Panova, N, Papadopoulou, M, Pardoe, H, Pedziszewska, A, Petrenko, T, Ramos-Roman, M, Ravazzi, C, Rosch, M, Ryabogina, N, Ruiz, S, Sakari Salonen, J, Sapelko, T, Schofield, J, Seppa, H, Shumilovskikh, L, Stivrins, N, Stojakowits, P, Svitavska, H, Swieta-Musznicka, J, Tantau, I, Tinner, W, Tobolski, K, Tonkov, S, Tsakiridou, M, Valsecchi, V, Zanina, O, Zimny, M, Davis B. A. S., Chevalier M., Sommer P., Carter V. A., Finsinger W., Mauri A., Phelps L. N., Zanon M., Abegglen R., Akesson C. M., Alba-Sanchez F., Scott Anderson R., Antipina T. G., Atanassova J. R., Beer R., Belyanina N. I., Blyakharchuk T. A., Borisova O. K., Bozilova E., Bukreeva G., Jane Bunting M., Clo E., Colombaroli D., Combourieu-Nebout N., Desprat S., Di Rita F., Djamali M., Edwards K. J., Fall P. L., Feurdean A., Fletcher W., Florenzano A., Furlanetto G., Gaceur E., Galimov A. T., Galka M., Garcia-Moreiras I., Giesecke T., Grindean R., Guido M. A., Gvozdeva I. G., Herzschuh U., Hjelle K. L., Ivanov S., Jahns S., Jankovska V., Jimenez-Moreno G., Karpinska-Kolaczek M., Kitaba I., Kolaczek P., Lapteva E. G., Latalowa M., Lebreton V., Leroy S., Leydet M., Lopatina D. A., Lopez-Saez J. A., Lotter A. F., Magri D., Marinova E., Matthias I., Mavridou A., Mercuri A. M., Mesa-Fernandez J. M., Mikishin Y. A., Milecka K., Montanari C., Morales-Molino C., Mrotzek A., Sobrino C. M., Naidina O. D., Nakagawa T., Nielsen A. B., Novenko E. Y., Panajiotidis S., Panova N. K., Papadopoulou M., Pardoe H. S., Pedziszewska A., Petrenko T. I., Ramos-Roman M. J., Ravazzi C., Rosch M., Ryabogina N., Ruiz S. S., Sakari Salonen J., Sapelko T. V., Schofield J. E., Seppa H., Shumilovskikh L., Stivrins N., Stojakowits P., Svitavska H. S., Swieta-Musznicka J., Tantau I., Tinner W., Tobolski K., Tonkov S., Tsakiridou M., Valsecchi V., Zanina O. G., Zimny M., Davis, B, Chevalier, M, Sommer, P, Carter, V, Finsinger, W, Mauri, A, Phelps, L, Zanon, M, Abegglen, R, Akesson, C, Alba-Sanchez, F, Scott Anderson, R, Antipina, T, Atanassova, J, Beer, R, Belyanina, N, Blyakharchuk, T, Borisova, O, Bozilova, E, Bukreeva, G, Jane Bunting, M, Clo, E, Colombaroli, D, Combourieu-Nebout, N, Desprat, S, Di Rita, F, Djamali, M, Edwards, K, Fall, P, Feurdean, A, Fletcher, W, Florenzano, A, Furlanetto, G, Gaceur, E, Galimov, A, Galka, M, Garcia-Moreiras, I, Giesecke, T, Grindean, R, Guido, M, Gvozdeva, I, Herzschuh, U, Hjelle, K, Ivanov, S, Jahns, S, Jankovska, V, Jimenez-Moreno, G, Karpinska-Kolaczek, M, Kitaba, I, Kolaczek, P, Lapteva, E, Latalowa, M, Lebreton, V, Leroy, S, Leydet, M, Lopatina, D, Lopez-Saez, J, Lotter, A, Magri, D, Marinova, E, Matthias, I, Mavridou, A, Mercuri, A, Mesa-Fernandez, J, Mikishin, Y, Milecka, K, Montanari, C, Morales-Molino, C, Mrotzek, A, Sobrino, C, Naidina, O, Nakagawa, T, Nielsen, A, Novenko, E, Panajiotidis, S, Panova, N, Papadopoulou, M, Pardoe, H, Pedziszewska, A, Petrenko, T, Ramos-Roman, M, Ravazzi, C, Rosch, M, Ryabogina, N, Ruiz, S, Sakari Salonen, J, Sapelko, T, Schofield, J, Seppa, H, Shumilovskikh, L, Stivrins, N, Stojakowits, P, Svitavska, H, Swieta-Musznicka, J, Tantau, I, Tinner, W, Tobolski, K, Tonkov, S, Tsakiridou, M, Valsecchi, V, Zanina, O, Zimny, M, Davis B. A. S., Chevalier M., Sommer P., Carter V. A., Finsinger W., Mauri A., Phelps L. N., Zanon M., Abegglen R., Akesson C. M., Alba-Sanchez F., Scott Anderson R., Antipina T. G., Atanassova J. R., Beer R., Belyanina N. I., Blyakharchuk T. A., Borisova O. K., Bozilova E., Bukreeva G., Jane Bunting M., Clo E., Colombaroli D., Combourieu-Nebout N., Desprat S., Di Rita F., Djamali M., Edwards K. J., Fall P. L., Feurdean A., Fletcher W., Florenzano A., Furlanetto G., Gaceur E., Galimov A. T., Galka M., Garcia-Moreiras I., Giesecke T., Grindean R., Guido M. A., Gvozdeva I. G., Herzschuh U., Hjelle K. L., Ivanov S., Jahns S., Jankovska V., Jimenez-Moreno G., Karpinska-Kolaczek M., Kitaba I., Kolaczek P., Lapteva E. G., Latalowa M., Lebreton V., Leroy S., Leydet M., Lopatina D. A., Lopez-Saez J. A., Lotter A. F., Magri D., Marinova E., Matthias I., Mavridou A., Mercuri A. M., Mesa-Fernandez J. M., Mikishin Y. A., Milecka K., Montanari C., Morales-Molino C., Mrotzek A., Sobrino C. M., Naidina O. D., Nakagawa T., Nielsen A. B., Novenko E. Y., Panajiotidis S., Panova N. K., Papadopoulou M., Pardoe H. S., Pedziszewska A., Petrenko T. I., Ramos-Roman M. J., Ravazzi C., Rosch M., Ryabogina N., Ruiz S. S., Sakari Salonen J., Sapelko T. V., Schofield J. E., Seppa H., Shumilovskikh L., Stivrins N., Stojakowits P., Svitavska H. S., Swieta-Musznicka J., Tantau I., Tinner W., Tobolski K., Tonkov S., Tsakiridou M., Valsecchi V., Zanina O. G., and Zimny M.

Abstract

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60 % from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019).

Published
2020

9. The botanical record of archaeobotany Italian network - Brain: A cooperative network, database and website*

Author

Lippi, M, Florenzano, A, Rinaldi, R, Allevato, E, Arobba, D, Bacchetta, G, Bal, M, Mazzanti, M, Benatti, A, Benes, J, Bosi, G, Buonincontri, M, Caramiello, R, Castelletti, L, Castiglioni, E, Celant, A, Clo, E, Costantini, L, Pasquale, G, Di Rita, F, Fiorentino, G, Furlanetto, G, Giardini, M, Grillo, O, Guido, M, Herchenbach, M, Magri, D, Marchesini, M, Maritan, M, Marvelli, S, Masi, A, Miola, A, Montanari, C, Montecchi, M, Motella, S, Nisbet, R, Orru, M, Pena-Chocarro, L, Pepe, C, Perego, R, Rattighieri, E, Ravazzi, C, Rottoli, M, Rowan, E, Sabato, D, Sadori, L, Sarigu, M, Torri, P, Ucchesu, M, Mercuri, A, Lippi M. M., Florenzano A., Rinaldi R., Allevato E., Arobba D., Bacchetta G., Bal M. -C., Mazzanti M. B., Benatti A., Benes J., Bosi G., Buonincontri M., Caramiello R., Castelletti L., Castiglioni E., Celant A., Clo E., Costantini L., Pasquale G. D., Di Rita F., Fiorentino G., Furlanetto G., Giardini M., Grillo O., Guido M., Herchenbach M., Magri D., Marchesini M., Maritan M., Marvelli S., Masi A., Miola A., Montanari C., Montecchi M. C., Motella S., Nisbet R., Orru M., Pena-Chocarro L., Pepe C., Perego R., Rattighieri E., Ravazzi C., Rottoli M., Rowan E., Sabato D., Sadori L., Sarigu M., Torri P., Ucchesu M., Mercuri A. M., Lippi, M, Florenzano, A, Rinaldi, R, Allevato, E, Arobba, D, Bacchetta, G, Bal, M, Mazzanti, M, Benatti, A, Benes, J, Bosi, G, Buonincontri, M, Caramiello, R, Castelletti, L, Castiglioni, E, Celant, A, Clo, E, Costantini, L, Pasquale, G, Di Rita, F, Fiorentino, G, Furlanetto, G, Giardini, M, Grillo, O, Guido, M, Herchenbach, M, Magri, D, Marchesini, M, Maritan, M, Marvelli, S, Masi, A, Miola, A, Montanari, C, Montecchi, M, Motella, S, Nisbet, R, Orru, M, Pena-Chocarro, L, Pepe, C, Perego, R, Rattighieri, E, Ravazzi, C, Rottoli, M, Rowan, E, Sabato, D, Sadori, L, Sarigu, M, Torri, P, Ucchesu, M, Mercuri, A, Lippi M. M., Florenzano A., Rinaldi R., Allevato E., Arobba D., Bacchetta G., Bal M. -C., Mazzanti M. B., Benatti A., Benes J., Bosi G., Buonincontri M., Caramiello R., Castelletti L., Castiglioni E., Celant A., Clo E., Costantini L., Pasquale G. D., Di Rita F., Fiorentino G., Furlanetto G., Giardini M., Grillo O., Guido M., Herchenbach M., Magri D., Marchesini M., Maritan M., Marvelli S., Masi A., Miola A., Montanari C., Montecchi M. C., Motella S., Nisbet R., Orru M., Pena-Chocarro L., Pepe C., Perego R., Rattighieri E., Ravazzi C., Rottoli M., Rowan E., Sabato D., Sadori L., Sarigu M., Torri P., Ucchesu M., and Mercuri A. M.

Abstract

The BRAIN (Botanical Records of Archaeobotany Italian Network) database and network was developed by the cooperation of archaeobotanists working on Italian archaeological sites. Examples of recent research including pollen or other plant remains in analytical and synthetic papers are reported as an exemplar reference list. This paper retraces the main steps of the creation of BRAIN, from the scientific need for the first research cooperation to the website which has a free online access since 2015.

Published
2018

10. Paleoclimatic changes occurred during the last two millennia in the central and south Tyrrhenian Sea: a contribution of NEXTDATA project

Author

Lirer, F., Margaritelli, G., Vallefuoco, M., Agnini, C., Anzalone, E., Bellucci, L., Bonomo, S., Capotondi, L., Cascella, A., DI RITA, F., Ferraro, L., Insinga, D. D., Magri, D., Marsella, E., Pappone, G., Rettori, R., Sorgato, S., PETROSINO, PAOLA, Lirer, F., Margaritelli, G., Vallefuoco, M., Agnini, C., Anzalone, E., Bellucci, L., Bonomo, S., Capotondi, L., Cascella, A., DI RITA, F., Ferraro, L., Insinga, D. D., Magri, D., Marsella, E., Pappone, G., Petrosino, Paola, Rettori, R., and Sorgato, S.

Published
2014

11. Marine response to climate changes during the last four millennia in the central Mediterranean Sea

Author

Margaritelli G.(1), (2), Vallefuoco M.(1), Di Rita F.(3), Bellucci L.G.(4), Insinga D.D.(1), Petrosino P.(5), Bonomo S.(1), Cacho I. (6), Capotondi L.(4), Cascella A. (7), Ferraro, L.(1), Florindo F.(8), Lubritto C. (9), Lurcock P.C.(8), Magri D.(3), Pelosi N.(1), Rettori R. (2), and Lirer F.(1)

Subjects
planktonic foraminifera, oxygen stable isotope, pollen, tephrostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
Abstract

We present a high-resolution paleoclimatic reconstruction of the last four millennia from a shallow water marine record recovered in the central Tyrrhenian Sea (Gulf of Gaeta) based on planktonic foraminifera and pollen records combined with oxygen stable isotope, tephrostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic analysis. Paleoclimatic events have been recognised and discussed within the following time in intervals: Eneolithic (base of the core- ca. 2410 BC), Early Bronze Age (ca. 2410 BC - ca. 1900 BC), Middle Bronze Age - Iron Age (ca. 1900 BC - ca. 500 BC), Roman Period (ca. 500 BC - ca. 550 AD), Dark Age (ca. 550 AD - ca. 860 AD), Medieval Climate Anomaly (ca. 860 AD - ca. 1250 AD), Little Ice Age (ca. 1250 AD - ca. 1850 AD), Industrial Period (ca. 1850 AD - ca. 1950 AD), Modern Warm Period (ca. 1950 AD - present day). Within these time intervals, the proxy records document short-term climate oscillations well correlated with other records from Mediterranean marine areas (Alboran Sea, Gulf of Taranto, Adriatic Sea, and Ionian Sea). The long term trend in oxygen isotopic record obtained from the planktonic foraminiferal species Globigerinoides ruber (?18OG.ruber) has an antithetic correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) suggesting a strong northern hemisphere influence on the climate variability of the central Mediterranean region. The long term trend and amplitude oscillations of the ?18OG.ruber signal, the onset of main planktonic foraminiferal turnover from carnivorous to herbivorous-opportunistic species, and the consistent fluctuations of the pollen records document an important modification in climate system from the onset of the Roman Period up to the present-day. In addition, from ca. 500 AD upwards, the planktonic foraminiferal ?18O data, from marine records, shows a synchronous progressive long-term shift to more positive values superimposed to short-term oscillation, suggesting a Mediterranean secular scale signature in isotopic composition. From Maunder event to present day there is a progressive inversion in ?18O composition, suggesting the onset of the modern warm climate condition.

Published
2016

19. Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus(Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Author

Zaia, R., Pasta, S., Di Rita, F., Laudicina, V. A., Cascio, P. Lo, Magri, D., Troia, A., and Guarino, R.

Abstract

Cytisus aeolicusis a narrow endemic species restricted to the Aeolian archipelago (SE Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and it is one of the most evolutionarily isolated plants in the Mediterranean flora. Historical and literature data suggest that both metapopulations and isolated individuals of C. aeolicusare gradually shrinking. Field investigations and drone images demonstrate that the C. aeolicusmetapopulation from Stromboli experienced a strikingly fast increase during the last decades. As of 2019, more than 7000 ± 3000 mature individuals occur on Stromboli, i.e. 14 to 20 times more than those counted during the last census, 25 years ago. The diachronic analysis of aerial photos concerning last 80 years and the analysis of the growth rings of some selected plants pointed out that the surface occupied, the demographic structure and the distribution pattern of the subpopulations of Stromboli has been highly fluctuating during last decades. Moreover, data issuing from field observations in permanent plots placed in a transect between two isolated mature individuals showed that, under natural conditions, the germination rate of the seedlings of C. aeolicuscan be very high and their establishment rate may exceed 40%. By contrast, seedlings mortality is subject to strong annual fluctuations. Additionally, the pollen morphology of the Strombolian metapopulation of this rare and isolated species is studied here for the first time. Contrary to what is stated in recent literature, the C. aeolicusmetapopulation from Stromboli is healthy and very dynamic, albeit frequently damaged by the volcanic activity. Regular and repeated field surveys carried out during 3 years (2017–2019) allowed improving our knowledge on the life cycle of C. aeolicusand a new extinction risk assessment of the species, according to IUCN criteria, is presented.

Published
2020
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20. 8000 years of coastal changes on a western Mediterranean Island: A multi proxy approach from the Posada plain of Sardinia

Author

Melis, RT, Di Rita, F, French, C, Marriner, N, Montis, F, Serreli, G, Sulas, F, Vacchi, M, French, Charles Andrew [0000-0001-7967-3248], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Abstract

A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental investigation was conducted to reconstruct the Holocene history of coastal landscape change in the lower Posada coastal plain of eastern Sardinia. In this paper, millennial-scale human-sea level-environment interactions are investigated near Posada. Biostratigraphic and palynological approaches were used to interpret the chromo-stratigraphy exhibited by a series of new clothes taken from the coastal plain. This new study elucidates the main palaeoecologiocal changes, phases of shoreline migration and relative sea-level change during the lat 8000 years. The results indicate the major role of sea-level stabilisation and high sediment supply in driving major landscape changes, especially during the Neolithic period (6-4th millennia BC), and the long-term settlement history of this coastal area. It is concluded that human occupation of the coastal plain, from prehistoric to historical times, was most likely constrained by the rapid evolution if this coastal landscape., LR/7 2010 Regione Sardegna

21. The Botanical Record of Archaeobotany Italian Network - BRAIN: a cooperative network, database and website

Author

Renata Perego, Eleonora Rattighieri, Federico Di Rita, Mariano Ucchesu, Antonella Miola, Silvia Marvelli, Carlo Alessandro Montanari, Donatella Magri, L Castelletti, Michael Herchenbach, Alessandra Benatti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, G Furlanetto, Rosanna Caramiello, Daniele Arobba, E. Rowan, Paola Torri, Eleonora Clo, M. Buonincontri, Alessandra Celant, Mauro Rottoli, Emilia Allevato, Giuliana Fiorentino, Giovanna Bosi, S. Motella, J. Benes, Gaetano Di Pasquale, C. Pepe, Assunta Florenzano, Rossella Rinaldi, Martino Orru, Renato Nisbet, Marie Bal, Marta Mazzanti, Anna Maria Mercuri, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Cesare Ravazzi, Elisabetta Castiglioni, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Marco Sarigu, L. Costantini, Diego Sabato, Oscar Grillo, Laura Sadori, Mariangela Guido, Angelo Masi, Marco Giardini, Maria Chiara Montecchi, Marco Marchesini, M. Maritan, Mariotti Lippi, M., Florenzano, A., Rinaldi, R., Allevato, E., Arobba, D., Bacchetta, G., Bal, M. C., Bandini Mazzanti, M., Benatti, A., Beneš, J., Bosi, G., Buonincontri, M., Caramiello, R., Castelletti, L., Castiglioni, E., Celant, A., Clò, E., Costantini, L., Di Pasquale, G., Di Rita, F., Fiorentino, G., Furlanetto, G., Giardini, M., Grillo, O., Guido, M., Herchenbach, M., Magri, D., Marchesini, M., Maritan, M., Marvelli, S., Masi, A., Miola, A., Montanari, C., Montecchi, M. C., Motella, S., Nisbet, R., Orrù, M., Peña- Chocarro, L., Pepe, C., Perego, R., Rattighieri, E., Ravazzi, C., Rottoli, M., Rowan, E., Sabato, D., Sadori, L., Sarigu, M., Torri, P., Ucchesu, M., Mercuri, A. M., Peña-Chocarro, Leonor [0000-0002-7807-8778], Lippi, M, Florenzano, A, Rinaldi, R, Allevato, E, Arobba, D, Bacchetta, G, Bal, M, Mazzanti, M, Benatti, A, Benes, J, Bosi, G, Buonincontri, M, Caramiello, R, Castelletti, L, Castiglioni, E, Celant, A, Clo, E, Costantini, L, Pasquale, G, Di Rita, F, Fiorentino, G, Furlanetto, G, Giardini, M, Grillo, O, Guido, M, Herchenbach, M, Magri, D, Marchesini, M, Maritan, M, Marvelli, S, Masi, A, Miola, A, Montanari, C, Montecchi, M, Motella, S, Nisbet, R, Orru, M, Pena-Chocarro, L, Pepe, C, Perego, R, Rattighieri, E, Ravazzi, C, Rottoli, M, Rowan, E, Sabato, D, Sadori, L, Sarigu, M, Torri, P, Ucchesu, M, Mercuri, A, and Peña-Chocarro, Leonor

Subjects
Archaeobotany, network, database, Italy, Mediterranean, Plant Science, Mediterranean, archaeobotany, network, database, Italy, World Wide Web, Geography, Paleoethnobotany, archaeobotany, network, database, Italy, Mediterranean, Archaeobotany, Network model
Abstract

Con autorización de la revista para autores CSIC, [EN] The BRAIN (Botanical Records of Archaeobotany Italian Network) database and network was developed by the cooperation of archaeobotanists working on Italian archaeological sites. Examples of recent research including pollen or other plant remains in analytical and synthetic papers are reported as an exemplar reference list. This paper retraces the main steps of the creation of BRAIN, from the scientific need for the first research cooperation to the website which has a free online access since 2015.

Published
2018

22. Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Author

Angelo Troia, Riccardo Guarino, Donatella Magri, Salvatore Pasta, Vito Armando Laudicina, F. Di Rita, R. Zaia, P. Lo Cascio, Zaia, R., Pasta, S., Di Rita, F., Laudicina, V. A., Cascio, P. Lo, Magri, D., Troia, A., and Guarino, R.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Mediterranean climate, IUCN risk assessment, Population, Metapopulation, Conservation, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Conservation, Endemic species, Pollen morphology, Germination rate, Growth rate, IUCN risk assessment, lcsh:QH540-549.5, IUCN Red List, Endemism, education, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, education.field_of_study, geography.geographical_feature_category, Extinction, Growth rate, Ecology, conservation, endemic species, germination rate, growth rate, pollen morphology, Ecological Modeling, Strombolian eruption, Germination rate, Pollen morphology, Geography, Volcano, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Endemic species, lcsh:Ecology
Abstract

Cytisus aeolicus is a narrow endemic species restricted to the Aeolian archipelago (SE Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and it is one of the most evolutionarily isolated plants in the Mediterranean flora. Historical and literature data suggest that both metapopulations and isolated individuals of C. aeolicus are gradually shrinking. Field investigations and drone images demonstrate that the C. aeolicus metapopulation from Stromboli experienced a strikingly fast increase during the last decades. As of 2019, more than 7000 ± 3000 mature individuals occur on Stromboli, i.e. 14 to 20 times more than those counted during the last census, 25 years ago. The diachronic analysis of aerial photos concerning last 80 years and the analysis of the growth rings of some selected plants pointed out that the surface occupied, the demographic structure and the distribution pattern of the subpopulations of Stromboli has been highly fluctuating during last decades. Moreover, data issuing from field observations in permanent plots placed in a transect between two isolated mature individuals showed that, under natural conditions, the germination rate of the seedlings of C. aeolicus can be very high and their establishment rate may exceed 40%. By contrast, seedlings mortality is subject to strong annual fluctuations. Additionally, the pollen morphology of the Strombolian metapopulation of this rare and isolated species is studied here for the first time. Contrary to what is stated in recent literature, the C. aeolicus metapopulation from Stromboli is healthy and very dynamic, albeit frequently damaged by the volcanic activity. Regular and repeated field surveys carried out during 3 years (2017–2019) allowed improving our knowledge on the life cycle of C. aeolicus and a new extinction risk assessment of the species, according to IUCN criteria, is presented.

Published
2021

23. The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

Author

Juliana Atanassova, Christine M. Åkesson, Piotr Kołaczek, Marco Zanon, Kari Loe Hjelle, Lyudmila S. Shumilovskikh, Heikki Seppä, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Vachel A. Carter, James Edward Schofield, Krystyna Milecka, Iria García-Moreiras, Takeshi Nakagawa, Walter Finsinger, Willy Tinner, Castor Muñoz Sobrino, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, José Antonio López-Sáez, Elena Marinova, Philipp Stojakowits, Tatiana G. Antipina, Silvia Sabariego Ruiz, Roman Abegglen, Vlasta Jankovská, Oksana G. Zanina, Mariusz Gałka, Arsenii T. Galimov, Maria Papadopoulou, Manfred Rösch, Kevin J. Edwards, Patricia L. Fall, Basil A. S. Davis, Philipp Sommer, Elissaveta Bozilova, Ulrike Herzschuh, Verushka Valsecchi, Natalia Ryabogina, Ikuko Kitaba, Elena Novenko, Michelle Leydet, Anna Pędziszewska, Nata K. Panova, Almut Mrotzek, Donatella Magri, Eleonora Clo, Isabelle Matthias, R. Scott Anderson, Tatiana Blyakharchuk, Kazimierz Tobolski, Vincent Lebreton, Leanne N. Phelps, Irina G. Gvozdeva, André F. Lotter, Nina I. Belyanina, Assunta Florenzano, William J. Fletcher, Ioan Tantau, Suzanne A.G. Leroy, Roxana Grindean, Normunds Stivrins, Elena G. Lapteva, Francisca Alba-Sánchez, J. Sakari Salonen, Tatiana I. Petrenko, Tatyana V. Sapelko, Angelica Feurdean, Anna Maria Mercuri, Yuri A. Mikishin, G Furlanetto, Susanne Jahns, Cesare Ravazzi, Helena Svobodova Svitavska, Anastasia Mavridou, Carlo Alessandro Montanari, Jose Manuel Mesa-Fernández, Sampson Panajiotidis, Ruth Beer, Stéphanie Desprat, Federico Di Rita, María J. Ramos-Román, Emna Gaceur, Joanna Święta-Musznicka, Małgorzata Latałowa, Thomas Giesecke, Olga K. Borisova, Galina Bukreeva, M. Jane Bunting, Manuel Chevalier, Achille Mauri, Maria Angela Guido, Darya A. Lopatina, César Morales-Molino, Spassimir Tonkov, Marcelina Zimny, Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek, Sergey Ivanov, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Daniele Colombaroli, Morteza Djamali, Heather S. Pardoe, Olga D. Naidina, Margarita Tsakiridou, Université de Lausanne, Swiss National Science Foundation, López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics [Lausanne], Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern, Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of physical chemistry, Uppsala University, Senckenberg biodiversität und klima forschungszentrum (BIK-F), Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (SGN), Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Natural History Collections, University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum, Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Department of Plant Ecology, Gdansk University, University of Gdańsk (UG), Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Humaines (Lares-Las), Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Dipartimento di biologia ambientale, Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome] (UNIROMA), Department of Botany, Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Department of Biogeography and Palaeoecology, Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (IMEP), Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille 3-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Avignon Université (AU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lund University [Lund], Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance (LISTIC), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), CNR-IDPA, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Turku], University of Turku, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Department of Geography [Riga], Софийски университет = Sofia University, University of Portsmouth, Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Avignon Université (AU), López Sáez, José Antonio, Davis, B, Chevalier, M, Sommer, P, Carter, V, Finsinger, W, Mauri, A, Phelps, L, Zanon, M, Abegglen, R, Akesson, C, Alba-Sanchez, F, Scott Anderson, R, Antipina, T, Atanassova, J, Beer, R, Belyanina, N, Blyakharchuk, T, Borisova, O, Bozilova, E, Bukreeva, G, Jane Bunting, M, Clo, E, Colombaroli, D, Combourieu-Nebout, N, Desprat, S, Di Rita, F, Djamali, M, Edwards, K, Fall, P, Feurdean, A, Fletcher, W, Florenzano, A, Furlanetto, G, Gaceur, E, Galimov, A, Galka, M, Garcia-Moreiras, I, Giesecke, T, Grindean, R, Guido, M, Gvozdeva, I, Herzschuh, U, Hjelle, K, Ivanov, S, Jahns, S, Jankovska, V, Jimenez-Moreno, G, Karpinska-Kolaczek, M, Kitaba, I, Kolaczek, P, Lapteva, E, Latalowa, M, Lebreton, V, Leroy, S, Leydet, M, Lopatina, D, Lopez-Saez, J, Lotter, A, Magri, D, Marinova, E, Matthias, I, Mavridou, A, Mercuri, A, Mesa-Fernandez, J, Mikishin, Y, Milecka, K, Montanari, C, Morales-Molino, C, Mrotzek, A, Sobrino, C, Naidina, O, Nakagawa, T, Nielsen, A, Novenko, E, Panajiotidis, S, Panova, N, Papadopoulou, M, Pardoe, H, Pedziszewska, A, Petrenko, T, Ramos-Roman, M, Ravazzi, C, Rosch, M, Ryabogina, N, Ruiz, S, Sakari Salonen, J, Sapelko, T, Schofield, J, Seppa, H, Shumilovskikh, L, Stivrins, N, Stojakowits, P, Svitavska, H, Swieta-Musznicka, J, Tantau, I, Tinner, W, Tobolski, K, Tonkov, S, Tsakiridou, M, Valsecchi, V, Zanina, O, Zimny, M, University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Group, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Georg-August-University [Göttingen], Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], Sofia University 'Sv. Kliment Ohridski', Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille 3-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Avignon Université (AU)-Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1, Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB), University of Helsinki, and University of Sofia

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, LAKE CONSTANCE REGION, Palynology Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, HUMAN IMPACT, recent pollen deposition, 580 Plants (Botany), medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, 2417.10 Paleobotánica, [SDV.SA.SF]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture, forestry, ddc:550, SURFACE POLLEN, SOUTHERN NORWAY, SDG 13 - Climate Action, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, lcsh:Environmental sciences, SDG 15 - Life on Land, lcsh:GE1-350, 0303 health sciences, CLIMATE-CHANGE, GE, APUSENI NATURAL PARK, lcsh:QE1-996.5, Foundation (engineering), European pollen database, [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, [SDV.BIBS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM], Europe, LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM, Geography, NORTHERN IBERIAN PLATEAU, pollen, GE Environmental Sciences, 1171 Geosciences, 010506 paleontology, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Earth and Planetary Sciences(all), Library science, Climate change, [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, 010603 evolutionary biology, neotoma, 03 medical and health sciences, Eurasian Modern Pollen Database, 2502.05 Paleoclimatología, Pollen, medicine, SIERRA-NEVADA, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 030304 developmental biology, Botánica, HOLOCENE VEGETATION HISTORY, DAS, 15. Life on land, 2416.03 Palinología, [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society, lcsh:Geology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], MCP, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Abstract

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60% from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https: //doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019)., Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 200021_169598, University of Lausanne

Published
2020

24. Vegetation history of SE Sicily from feudal land management to post-war agricultural industrialization

Author

Fabrizio Lirer, Carmine Lubritto, Giulia Margaritelli, Federico Di Rita, Sergio Bonomo, Luca Giorgio Bellucci, Antonio Cascella, Fabrizio Michelangeli, Donatella Magri, Michelangeli, F., Di Rita, F., Lirer, F., Lubritto, C., Bellucci, L. G., Cascella, A., Bonomo, S., Margaritelli, G., and Magri, D.

Subjects
Land use, Past land use, business.industry, Feudalism, Historical ecology, Zelkova, Land management, Paleontology, Vegetation, Land cover, Late Holocene, Industrialisation, Geography, Agriculture, Anthropocene, historical ecology, marine palynology, past land use, Sicily, Physical geography, business, Marine palynology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

A new marine pollen record from SE Sicily is presented. The pollen study was done at a sub-decadal resolution to assess the role and extent of human impact in driving regional environmental and land cover changes over the last four hundred years. The combination of palaeoecological evidence and historical documents provides a detailed report of the main ecological dynamics in relation to socio-economic events, past land use, and land management regulations in Sicily. Our palaeovegetational reconstruction reveals a remarkably stable landscape, preserved by traditional land use practices that have persisted through the long-lasting feudal history of Sicily. After centuries of human-induced environmental stability, an abrupt change in vegetation structure occurred around 1950 AD, reflecting the modern land use policies and agricultural reforms following the Second World War. This vegetational breakpoint in SE Sicily corresponds to a suggested date for the onset of the Anthropocene. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2022

25. A first report of biodeterioration caused by cyanobacterial biofilms of exposed fossil bones: A case study of the middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Rome, Italy)

Author

Federica Marano, Federico Di Rita, Laura Bruno, Maria Rita Palombo, Neil Thomas William Ellwood, Marano, F., Di Rita, F., Palombo, M. R., Ellwood, N. T. W., and Bruno, L.

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Pleistocene, Settore BIO/01, Phototrophic biofilms, leptolyngbya sp, Leptolyngbya sp. Endolithic activity Fossil bones Conservation of Cultural Heritage Microscopy, 030106 microbiology, Fossil bone, conservation of cultural heritage, Biology, Microbiology, Biomaterials, Petrography, 03 medical and health sciences, fossil bones, Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia, Leptolyngbya sp, endolithic activity, microscopy, waste management and disposal, microbiology, biomaterials, Waste Management and Disposal, Microscopy, Conservation of cultural heritage, Ecology, Biofilm, Aesthetic value, Endolithic activity
Abstract

La Polledrara di Cecanibbio is a Pleistocene fossiliferous deposit near Rome (Italy) where large quantities of bones, belonging mainly to elephants, have been discovered and ‘musealized’ under an enclosing structure. The prevailing environmental conditions inside the museum and the exposition in situ of the fossilized remains have resulted in the development of phototrophic biofilms on the bones and the nearby sediments. Samples of bones and sediment were investigated with different microscopy techniques (light, confocal laser scanning, scanning electron and petrographic microscopes) that allowed the identification of the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. as the almost entirely dominant organism of the biofilms. The present study identifies for the first time endolithic activity of this cyanobacterium on exposed fossilized bones. There was some indication that this species was euendolithic but this remains to be elucidated. The development of these phototrophic biofilms greatly reduces the aesthetic value of the site and evidence suggests that they may cause extensive structural damage to the bones, threatening the scientific and cultural assets of one of the richest fossiliferous deposits in Italy. This study on the biodeterioration of fossil remains gives useful insights for the conservation of this spectacular site.

Published
2016

26. Marine response to climate changes during the last five millennia in the central Mediterranean Sea

Author

Antonio Cascella, Mattia Vallefuoco, Fabrizio Lirer, Luciana Ferraro, Roberto Rettori, F. Di Rita, Lucilla Capotondi, Donatella Insinga, Pontus Lurcock, Isabel Cacho, Giulia Margaritelli, Nicola Pelosi, Fabio Florindo, Sergio Bonomo, Paola Petrosino, Donatella Magri, Luca Giorgio Bellucci, Carmine Lubritto, Margaritelli, G., Vallefuoco, M., Di Rita, F., Capotondi, L., Bellucci, L. G., Insinga, D. D., Petrosino, Paola, Bonomo, S., Cacho, I., Cascella, A., Ferraro, L., Florindo, F., Lubritto, C., Lurcock, P. C., Magri, D., Pelosi, N., Rettori, R., Lirer, F., Petrosino, P., Cachof, I., and Lubritto, Carmine

Subjects
Mediterranean climate, Tyrrhenian Sea, Planktonic foraminifera, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, magnetostratigraphy, Mediterranean Sea, oxygen stable isotope, planktonic foraminifera, pollen, tephrostratigraphy, oceanography, global and planetary change, Climate change, Present day, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, Oceanography, Oxygen stable isotope, 01 natural sciences, Foraminifera, Mediterranean sea, Bronze Age, Tephrostratigraphy, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Global and Planetary Change, biology, Magnetostratigraphy, Chalcolithic, biology.organism_classification, North Atlantic oscillation, Pollen, Geology
Abstract

We present a high-resolution paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the last five millennia from a shallow water marine sedimentary record from the central Tyrrhenian Sea (Gulf of Gaeta) using planktonic foraminifera, pollen, oxygen stable isotope, tephrostratigrapy and magnetostratigrapy. This multiproxy approach allows to evidence and characterize nine time intervals associated with archaeological/cultural periods: Eneolithic (base of the core–ca. 2410 BCE), Early Bronze Age (ca. 2410 BCE–ca. 1900 BCE), Middle Bronze Age–Iron Age (ca. 1900 BCE–ca. 500 BCE), Roman Period (ca. 500 BCE–ca. 550 CE), Dark Age (ca. 550 CE–ca. 860 CE), Medieval Climate Anomaly (ca. 860 CE–ca. 1250 CE), Little Ice Age (ca. 1250 CE–ca. 1850 CE), Industrial Period (ca. 1850 CE–ca. 1950 CE), Modern Warm Period (ca. 1950 CE–present day). The reconstructed climatic evolution in the investigated sedimentary succession is coherent with the short-term climate variability documented at the Mediterranean scale. By integrating the planktonic foraminiferal turnover from carnivorous to herbivorous–opportunistic species, the oxygen isotope record and the pollen distribution, we document important modification from the onset of the Roman Period to the present-day. From ca. 500 CE upwards the documentation of the cooling trend punctuated by climate variability at secular scale evidenced by the short-term δ 18 O is very detailed. We hypothesise that the present day warm conditions started from the end of cold Maunder event. Additionally, we provide that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) directly affected the central Mediterranean region during the investigated time interval.

Published
2016

27. Archaeobotanical and chemical investigations on wine amphorae from San Felice Circeo (Italy) shed light on grape beverages at the Roman time.

Author

Chassouant L, Celant A, Delpino C, Di Rita F, Vieillescazes C, Mathe C, and Magri D

Subjects
Flowers chemistry, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Phenols analysis, Vitis chemistry, Wine analysis
Abstract

We hereby investigate the pitch used for coating three Roman amphorae from San Felice Circeo (Italy) through a multidisciplinary study. The identification of molecular biomarkers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is combined with archaeobotanical evidence of pollen and plant tissues of Vitis flowers. Diterpenic chemical markers together with Pinus pollen and wood revealed Pinaceae tar coating. Aporate 3-zonocolpate pollen, identified as Vitis, together with tartaric, malic and pyruvic acids elucidate the grape-fermented nature of the content. Our conclusions open new consideration on the use of grape derivatives that cannot be supported by traditional analytical methods. Based on the finds of aporate Vitis pollen, found also in local modern and Middle Pleistocene samples, we hypothesize the use of autochthonous vines. The presence of a medicinal wine (historically reported as oenanthium) is also considered. We interrogate Vitis pollen capacity to target grapevine domestication, thereby providing innovative tools to understand such an important process. We anticipate our study to encourage a more systematic multidisciplinary approach regarding the analyses of wine amphorae., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Published
2022
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28. Three Millennia of Vegetation, Land-Use, and Climate Change in SE Sicily.

Author

Michelangeli F, Di Rita F, Celant A, Tisnérat-Laborde N, Lirer F, and Magri D

Abstract

This study presents the first Late Holocene marine pollen record (core ND2) from SE Sicily. It encompasses the last 3000 years and is one of the most detailed records of the south-central Mediterranean region in terms of time resolution. The combined approach of marine palynology and historical ecology, supported by independent palaeoclimate proxies, provides an integrated regional reconstruction of past vegetational dynamics in relation to rapid climatic fluctuations, historical socio-economic processes, and past land-use practices, offering new insights into the vegetation history of SE Sicily. Short-term variations of sparse tree cover in persistently open landscapes reflect rapid hydroclimatic changes and historical land-use practices. Four main phases of forest reduction are found in relation to the 2.8 ka BP event, including the Late Antique Little Ice Age, the Medieval Climate Anomaly, and the Little Ice Age, respectively. Forest recovery is recorded during the Hellenistic and Roman Republican Periods, the Early Middle Ages, and the last century. Agricultural and silvicultural practices, as well as stock-breeding activities, had a primary role in shaping the current vegetational landscape of SE Sicily., Competing Interests: Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2022 by the authors.)

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2022
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29. Holocene forest dynamics in central and western Mediterranean: periodicity, spatio-temporal patterns and climate influence.

Author

Di Rita F, Fletcher WJ, Aranbarri J, Margaritelli G, Lirer F, and Magri D

Subjects
Geography, Geologic Sediments, Hydrology, Mediterranean Region, Pollen metabolism, Population Dynamics, Seasons, Time Factors, Climate, Climate Change, Forests, Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Abstract

It is well-known that the Holocene exhibits a millennial-scale climate variability. However, its periodicity, spatio-temporal patterns and underlying processes are not fully deciphered yet. Here we focus on the central and western Mediterranean. We show that recurrent forest declines from the Gulf of Gaeta (central Tyrrhenian Sea) reveal a 1860-yr periodicity, consistent with a ca. 1800-yr climate fluctuation induced by large-scale changes in climate modes, linked to solar activity and/or AMOC intensity. We show that recurrent forest declines and dry events are also recorded in several pollen and palaeohydrological proxy-records in the south-central Mediterranean. We found coeval events also in several palaeohydrological records from the south-western Mediterranean, which however show generally wet climate conditions, indicating a spatio-temporal hydrological pattern opposite to the south-central Mediterranean and suggesting that different expressions of climate modes occurred in the two regions at the same time. We propose that these opposite hydroclimate regimes point to a complex interplay of the prevailing or predominant phases of NAO-like circulation, East Atlantic pattern, and extension and location of the North African anticyclone. At a larger geographical scale, displacements of the ITCZ, modulated by solar activity and/or AMOC intensity, may have also indirectly influenced the observed pattern.

Published
2018
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